org.datanucleus.metadata.annotations
Interface AnnotationManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationManagerImpl

public interface AnnotationManager

Interface defining the access to MetaData derived from Annotations.

Method Summary

AbstractClassMetaData

getMetaDataForClass(java.lang.Class cls, PackageMetaData pmd, ClassLoaderResolver clr) Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.

Method Detail

getMetaDataForClass

AbstractClassMetaData getMetaDataForClass(java.lang.Class cls,
                                          PackageMetaData pmd,
                                          ClassLoaderResolver clr)

Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.

Parameters:

cls - The class

pmd - MetaData for the owning package (that this will be a child of)

clr - Resolver for ClassLoader issues

Returns:

The ClassMetaData (unpopulated and unitialised)